If there's hell below, we're all gonna go.
Curtis MayfieldRead
How many 54-year-old quadriplegics are putting albums out? You just have to deal with what you got, try to sustain yourself as best you can, and look to the things that you can do.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Overcoming challenges by focusing on what is possible rather than what is lost.
This quote by Curtis Mayfield emphasizes the importance of resilience and adaptability in the face of adversity. It suggests that individuals should acknowledge their limitations but also concentrate on their strengths and what they can still achieve, rather than dwelling on their losses or difficulties.
Themes
ResilienceAdaptabilityOvercomingChallengesLimitations
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about personal growth and resilience.
More from Curtis Mayfield
All quotes →My teacher told me I'd never amount to anything. I left high school at 15, after one year. But my real teachers were all the people around me. And I was a good listener.
Curtis MayfieldRead
Reading the script, I started feeling very deeply bad for Freddie. Between his friends, his partners, and his woman, he was catching a hard time. 'Freddie's Dead' came to me immediately.
Curtis MayfieldRead
I was a very observant child. Almost anything could become a song to me.
Curtis MayfieldRead
I don't like to appoint myself to nothing, knowing I'm no better than anybody else. But it always makes me feel good to know I try to do the best I can, and those who might observe say, 'Hey, I can take a little something from that person.'
Curtis MayfieldRead
Everything was a song. Every conversation, every personal hurt, every observance of people in stress, happiness and love... if you could feel it, I could feel it. And I could write a song about it.
Curtis MayfieldRead
Similar quotes
Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
Haile GebrselassieRead
Youths write me and tell me that their band will go nowhere because of all the bad bands in the world. I tell them there has always been awful music and that no great band ever wasted any time complaining, they just got it done. Their ropey ranting is just a way to get out of the hard work of making music that will do some lasting damage.
Henry RollinsRead
In a time of darkness, you don't curse the darkness, you light a candle.
Al GoreRead
Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
Muhammad AliRead
As I've told my three daughters, all of whom I've at one time encouraged to go into macro trading, any man or woman can do anything to which they set their heart and mind.
Paul Tudor JonesRead
I am unlimited in my own ability to create the good in my life.
Louise HayRead